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Re: lemon cucumbers

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Have you used them for pickles, or simply for eating? I am 
interested in how they are for pickles, as we are impressed with what 
we have so far. I am trellising them but they are already heading for 
the tomatoes in the next plot.... oh well! Anything for wonderful 
cukes!

Missi



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> Date:          Thu, 29 Jul 1999 14:42:12 -0700
> Subject:       Re: lemon cucumbers
> From:          "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
> To:            Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>

> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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> Having grown lemon cukes for about 45 (cumulative) years (I'm the second
> generation), I've found them to be about 10 to 15 days later than the
> average slicing cucumber, even later than pickling cucumbers.  They are
> worth it and produce very well once they get going.  Picking goes like this
> - two cukes the first picking. One or two days later, ten cukes.  Next
> picking, half a five gallon bucket.  Etc., until you haul buckets out by the
> cartload.  But use them when they are YOUNG - once there is any orange on
> the skin, they are going to be TOUGH.  They are also the best out-of-hand
> cucumber ever (wipe them off, crunch into them).
> ----------
> >From: zacwinic@mail.netnitco.net
> >To: sqft@listbot.com
> >Subject: Re: lemon cucumbers
> >Date: Thu, Jul 29, 1999, 10:21 AM
> >
> 
> >Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> >
> >Mine haven't started fruiting yet.  I can't wait to see them. This is 
> >my first year growing them.  My green cukes have been producing 
> >for about a week now.  
> >
> >Has anyone else noticed that the lemon cukes are later, or am I 
> >doing something wrong?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >
> >holly zone 5
> >zacwinic@mail.netnitco.net
> >
> >
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